Wife of Christine Quinn says NYC mayoral hopeful has received threats for being gay

Christine Quinn has received threats because of her sexuality, her wife said (Image: Twitter)

The wife of New York City mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn has said that the candidate has received threats because she is openly gay.

Quinn’s wife Kim Catullo, said she was worried about her safety because of the threats, but did not specify anything other than they were received because she is open about her sexuality.

Catullo, who is to take a more public role in Quinn’s campaign to become the first openly-gay and first female NYC mayor, said Quinn “has gotten threats about being gay”, reports the Associated Press.

Quinn married her long time partner Catullo, in New York City last May. In her memoir, Quinn wrote that Catullo said she could only be with a New York Yankees fan. ”I dumped the [New York] Mets in a hot second,” Quinn said.